Chapter 53: Watching the Fire from the Other Shore
Ten days later, Risen had finally captured the city of Wiesen, and was jubilating his hard-won victory, and the hall was filled with a banquet, when a soldier reported something important to tell Risen. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"What important information do you have for me?"
In the past, Risen would not have personally asked about this kind of thing, but today he was in a good mood when he captured Wiesen City.
Although the dusty soldier was dressed in his army clothes, Risen was not sure that it was his own soldier.
Risen warned himself
"Whatever the information is, you can't fully trust it."
"Tell the Earl, I am Port's personal guard, Black Rock City has been occupied by Taridov, it is estimated that the city guard has died at this time."
"It can't be!"
Black Rock is located very close to the middle of Risen Territory, and if it does lose at least 7 towns.
"My lord, at the last moment of my escape from the occupied area of Taridov, I also heard that Taridov occupied 10 towns." Risen slapped the table hard and shouted
"Say!
What the hell are you! ”
"I'm Port's guard."
The guards who brought the information were full of disbelief and a hint of anger
"I managed to escape from the occupied territory of Taridov, and he said that my information was false!"
"Drag this person who disturbs the morale of the army down, I don't believe it, you can still bite this identity in the face of torture, and interrogate who made him pass on these false news!"
"Yes"
Two soldiers immediately came out next to him, grabbed his arm and pressed his neck down and dragged him down.
He didn't react to any struggle, knowing that even if he broke free, more soldiers would grab him.
"It's surprising, but what I'm saying is true!"
He roared unwillingly
He figured that maybe Risen would believe the news, because he had seen it with his own eyes.
"Maybe the Count just didn't figure it out for a while."
But that's all he could say
"Drag it off!"
Soon the hall fell silent, and judging by their expressions, no one believed the information brought by the so-called Poult guard.
For, according to him, in ten days Taridov had captured ten towns of Ryssen, which was impossible in their understanding.
"10 days is enough time for them to march, right?"
"It's not enough to rest after the march, and you can also conquer 0 towns, you can't deceive people like this."
"It must be Taridov who sent people to spread rumors that my army would be shaken and defeated without attack!
In front of me, Risson, this kind of rumor can't confuse me. ”
"Not only is Taridorf's army poor, but his strategy is also too poor, compared to our wise Count Risson, it is simply heaven and earth."
Listening to the compliments of his subordinates, Risen felt that if this Taridov knew that he analyzed it like this, perhaps his intestines would be blue by now, not only did not cause Ryson's army to riot, but also greatly increased Ryson's image in front of the army.
"With such a bad strategy, it seems that Taridov is not worthy of my attention at all, and I am worried that the territory will be occupied because I can't focus all my energy on the king, and now it seems that as long as I win the king's war, I will win."
"Okay, forget the rumor-monger, let's start the celebration feast!"
The king's side, which had just fallen, also received such news
"I think I want to use rumors to make Risen fight, but what's the benefit of him doing this?"
The king did not believe this very exaggerated information either, but how could he think that such a rumor would only be in the king's favor.
"This must be a rumor, just after the rear town gets the news of Taridov's attack, the strength of the defense is not comparable to before, how can it break a city in a day?"
"There aren't enough soldiers in Taridov to divide the troops if you want to."
The ministers also did not believe this message
"But it's still possible to build a town or two in ten days"
The thought of this king was a little depressed
"I fought here with Risson's main force in front of me, and lost a town in this way.
He's better to take advantage of the weakly defended rear and capture at least two towns."
There were three towns in and out of this direction, and the king felt that his flesh ached.
"Why don't we advise Risen before the battle, promise not to attack him, and let him turn back to fight Taridov?"
"But this is obviously impossible, one is that he can't trust us, and we are a much greater threat to him than Taridov, and if he turns back, he will be caught between the two ends, and if he agrees, won't he be in defeat?"
"But if the main force of Ruise is still attacking us in the front, our losses will be great."
"Yes, in less than half a month, we have lost a town, plus a large number of soldiers killed and wounded."
"However, we have no choice but to hope that Taridov will break through Ressen's territory to support us sooner."
"That's at least two months away."
In this way, this information brought out by a city guard officer who traveled through mountains and rivers was ignored.
In the newly occupied castle lord's mansion
"What's next for us?"
Taridov felt that cooperating with Zhou Yi was simply the wisest decision he had made in his life, and now he was obedient to Zhou Yi's words.
"I don't know if anyone has spread the news that we have captured 10 towns in a row, but even if they do, there is nothing, and I guess no one believes this information."
Taridov nodded
"yes, I never thought an army could do such a thing, so as long as they didn't send scouts to investigate, they wouldn't know."
"Actually, even if they send scouts, we are not afraid at all, and several towns are still managed by the city guards.
So the next thing to do is to try to keep the news from getting out, and then we will continue to attack the 5 towns, leaving the closest towns to Ryson.
We can't let him find out that his territory is almost gone, or we'll have to face Rise's army directly. ”
"What a good way to let Risen wear each other down against the king, and then we'll attack when they're at their weakest."
"Yes, there won't be much time for the other nobles to think, and then they will have to pay their allegiance to us, although we don't need to."
After capturing 5 more towns over the next few days, Taridov's army began to recuperate and prepare for the next war against the main force of Rissen and the king.
At this time, Risen and the king were still fighting in front of them
Although they all knew that the longer the two sides fought, the worse their strength became, and it was very likely that Taridov would eventually pick the peaches, but now Risen did not dare to stop the battle at all, and the king could only be forced to fight.